Who did Boris Johnson remove from his cabinet? Why?
Removed 'soft brexiteers' from his cabinet so he could pass legislation more easily
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Who did Boris Johnson sack? Why?
Philip Hammond as he was too much of a rival
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Who did Blair sack? Why?
Gordon Brown, as he was too much of a rival
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Give an example of PMs appointing the cabinet based on alliances rather than expertise
Liz Truss appointed Therese Coffey as health secretary even though she uses cigars
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Give a statistic showing that since 1997 there has been an increase of women in the cabinet
Thatcher had just 1 woman in her cabinet whereas Sunak has 7
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What happened with Suella Braverman 2022?
2022 Suella Braverman resigned for breaching ministerial code, was reappointed 6 days later by Rishi Sunak
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True or False
May did not consult cabinet over 2018 Syria Air Strikes
True
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Give an example of the cabinet being weak and lacking scrutiny
Blair decided he wanted to make Bank of England independent and when interviewer asked if his cabinet would want to discuss this- Blair said ‘they’ll agree’
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Give an example of a well-scrutinised fair government
2010 Cameron had to give 5 spaces in cabinet to LibDem as they are in coalition
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Give an example of MPs being appointed based on expertise
Rishi Sunak made chancellor in 2020, having proven his ability in Chief Secretary 2012
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What is a quote showing power of the majority?
‘The sovereignty of parliament is in reality, the sovereignty of the majority party’
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How many ministers resigned under Boris Johnson?
57
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Give an example when cabinet ministers have shown strong scrutiny against the prime minister
Theresa May, 7 cabinet ministers abstained from voting, 1 voted against her bill entirely
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What can a PM threaten to exert power over cabinet?
A reshuffle
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Give an example of PM using their prerogative powers
Thatcher used them when she didn't consult her cabinet before making decision to take England to falkland wars
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Give an example of PM not using their prerogative powers
David Cameron didn't use his powers as he consulted parliament before planning to bomb the Middle East
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Give an example of the cabinet being weak and lacking scrutiny
Blair had discussions about millennium dome even though 2/3 of the cabinet opposed it
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The PM sets the agenda and chairs all meetings. What does this mean they can do?
Strategically avoid topics to avoid challenge
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Give an example of strong unified cabinet
2018 Theresa May called emergency meeting to consult cabinet over military response to Syrian governments use of chemical weapons
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Who did David Cameron appoint as chancellor, why was this significant?
George Osborne, his main political ally, shows cabinet isn't always weak
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Give an example of cabinet being appointed on expertise
2012 Andrew Lansley was removed as Health Secretary as he felt out of his depth and unable to implement desired reforms
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What are 'prime ministerial coattails'
Where a PM is able to convince voters to elect them because of their personality
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Who did Boris Johnson sack? Why?
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Philip Hammond as he was too much of a rival
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Who did Blair sack? Why?
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Card 4
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Give an example of PMs appointing the cabinet based on alliances rather than expertise
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Card 5
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Give a statistic showing that since 1997 there has been an increase of women in the cabinet
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